PBS Kids GO!

PBS Kids GO!

Country	United States
Availability	National
Owner	Public Broadcasting Service
Key people	Natasha Wing
Launch date	October 11, 2004
Official website	http://pbskids.org/go/

PBS Kids GO! is an educational television brand used by PBS for programs intended for older children, rather than the original PBS Kids. It is primarily broadcast on PBS stations during the afternoons. It debuted on October 11, 2004.

Digital channel

PBS announced that, in October 2006, a 24-hour (24/7) digital PBS Kids GO! Channel would be launched with additional content, including an evening "Go! Family" block targeted at both children and their families and a Spanish language-programming block.

The channel would initially be made available to PBS stations that have digital multicast capability. PBS stations are planning to make agreements with local stations (on digital terrestrial television) (such as WGBH) and cable operators (such as Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Cox Cable, and Cablevision) for channel placement. Plans are also to have similar arrangements work out with satellite providers (such as DirecTV and Dish Network) and video-on-demand services. PBS and Verizon have worked out an agreement to distribute PBS Kids GO! Channel (along with other digital PBS channels) over its Verizon FiOS services.^{[citation needed]}

However, on June 6, 2006, PBS announced that the PBS Kids GO! Channel would not launch in October 2006 due to financial issues, as reported by the Broadcasting & Cable News website. Instead, the channel was delayed for several months, and eventually shelved for unknown reasons.

List of programs

Current PBS Kids GO! programs

• Arthur (2004-present)
• The Electric Company (2009-present)
• WordGirl (2007-present)
• Wild Kratts (2011-present)

Current reruns of previous PBS Kids GO! programs

• FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman (2006-2010, leaving in 2013)

PBS Kids GO! programs on hiatus

• SciGirls (2009-present)

Former PBS Kids GO! programs

• Animalia (also aired on Animania HD)
• Cyberchase
• Design Squad
• DragonflyTV (now shown on Fox)
• Liberty's Kids (now shown on This TV)
• Maya & Miguel
• Postcards from Buster
• ZOOM

Online programs

• Fizzy's Lunch Lab
• Wilson & Ditch: Digging America
• Go for It!

Shorts

PBS KIDS GO! has aired shorts, usually at the end of Maya & Miguel. These include "GO! Figure", "WordGirl", and misc. shorts featuring live-action kids talking about things they do; about their family's heritage; etc. with Maya or Miguel doing a voiceover.

External links

• PBS KIDS Go! Official Website
• Play a PBS Go! Game!